Chapter 07 Practice Quiz

. In propositional logic, we use ________ to represent and clarify the logical relationships among statements.

. The only way for a conditional statement to be false is if ________.

. In propositional logic, ________ are symbolized by the ampersand (&).

. Standard practice in logic is to assume the inclusive of the word "or" when dealing with disjunctions, where "or" means ________.

. When a tilde (~) appears in front of a statement, it indicates that ________.

. "You may have soup, or you may have salad." This is an example of ________.

. "You should bring your board games to the party, and you should also bring your playing cards." This is an example of ________.

. "LeBron James was not the NBA Finals MVP." This is an example of ________.

. The argument form ________ is invalid.

. The argument form ________ is valid.

. Propositional (or truth-functional) logic is like categorical logic in the sense that it only employs two premise arguments.

. Two simple statements joined by a connective to form a compound statement are known as a disjunction.

. It is impossible for a valid argument to have true premises and a false conclusion.

. A truth table can tell us whether an argument is invalid because the table includes every possible combination of truth values.

. If it is true that "You will pass this course only if you pass the final exam," then it is also true that "If you pass this course, then you pass the final exam."

. "And," "but," and "moreover" are terms that can express logical conjunction.

. The words "either" and "neither" usually signal the beginning of a negation.

. A conditional statement is symbolized as ~p.

. Without logic, there would be no computers of any kind.

. Truth tables help us test an argument for validity by allowing us to check if premises are true and a conclusion is false.

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